On the Fast Show's chances of renewal, Day confessed: "It's nothing to do with us. It's Paul and Charlie's show, we just work in it."

Thomson added: "I'd rather do it on TV, but if [online comedy] is the way forward, which I think it probably will be, it's nice to be there in the early incarnation of it. And hopefully people will take the lead from us. But it's been popular."

The pair will soon be returning to screens in new travelogue No County For Old Men, which sees them tour the counties of Great Britain.

"It was a great job, we can't deny that," Thomson said of the series. "It was a genuinely enjoyable experience on every level. The downside was the weight gain, because we ate way too much."

"[And] not seeing your kids," Day continued. "And trying to pretend to your wife that you're having a really bad time when you're having a right laugh."